During this time, other departments were very busy, but the staff department was a little more relaxed.
When she met Chai Ke outside Wenyuan Pavilion, Feng Ziying naturally wanted to talk for a while.
After talking for a few words, I felt that it would be better to find a place to talk in detail while standing here, so I made an appointment to go to the Daguan Tower to listen to the play and talk at the same time.
Chai Ke hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
The reason for hesitation was that this theater in the Mingqibai area was a bit inappropriate, but Feng Ziying didn't care.
"Mengzhang did a good job in Dong'an. In his own words, what he did in one day was more fulfilling than ten days in the ministry. Although he was very busy and exhausted every day, he felt that it was worthwhile.
Okay,..." Feng Ziying smiled, picked up the tea cup and gestured.
Chai Ke and He Fengsheng were both from Huguang, so they naturally cared about He Fengsheng from Xiazhou County.
"So Mengzhang is still very satisfied?" Chai Ke nodded slightly, "You immediately dragged three people from your department to Shuntian Mansion. I heard that you also approached the Metropolitan Procuratorate for this.
Do you want to go to war with Shuntian Prefecture and County officials?"
Speaking of this matter, Feng Ziying felt annoyed again and couldn't help complaining, "Chai Gong, it's not that I'm a mean person, or that I'm too demanding, but that I don't understand how the imperial court selects and appoints people.
Yes, there seems to be an assessment every year, and there seems to be a plan for the capital inspection, so why are these officials so miserable?"
"What's wrong?" Chai Ke laughed, "I just said something casually, and it caused such a big emotion in you. If it is really unusable, as a superior officer, you have the right to put forward your own opinions to the assessment officials at the end of each year.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate will also give assessment opinions based on your suggestions. If someone is unqualified, they will naturally be dealt with, but you must explain what mistakes they made and what aspects they did poorly. You cannot judge others based on your opinions alone.
Qualitatively, after all, they only came into their own after studying hard for ten years, so there must be an explanation."
"Huh, Mr. Chai, I knew you would say that, and these officials below also know your official assessment and regulations very well, so they can cope with it easily, making it difficult for people to catch them, and they can't even tell what they are.
They did something wrong, but one thing is that many of them have this kind of mentality, muddle along, hide when things happen, push back when things happen, fool around if they can, try not to do anything they can, and try not to do anything they can.
Those who do as little as possible should do as little as possible. What is the use of such an official? Apart from wasting the salary of the court and causing trouble to one party, it is of no use."
Chai Ke was still surprised by Feng Ziying's unceremonious criticism. These words did not seem to be directed at a specific person, but more like a sharp criticism of the entire Shuntian Prefecture's lower state and county officials.
"No, Ziying, from what you said, it seems like you can knock down a group of people with one stick. Is the situation in Shuntian Mansion so bad?" Chai Ke frowned, "But I think the situation in Shuntian Mansion last year was not much worse than the year before.
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Feng Ziying curled her lips, "Then you are trying to be taller among the short ones, right? There is no worst, only worse?"
Feng Ziying was annoyed by Feng Ziying's words, "Ziying, it's rare to see you complaining like this, and you're still complaining to your subordinates. Why, your work has been so unsatisfactory this year? But I think you can still do your job well.
The weather is booming and you are working very hard."
"It doesn't mean that I have surrendered to others." Feng Ziying casually used a word that transcended the times and said unceremoniously, "When I was a co-prefect of Yongping Prefecture, I was very dissatisfied with the situation in Bianzhou and County.
, but I didn’t expect that after arriving at Shuntian Prefecture, I would see a worse scene. Of course, I do not deny that there are outstanding talents in more than 20 prefectures and counties in Shuntian Prefecture, but the ones that really satisfy me are two out of ten.
It is said that in the annual assessment of the Ministry of Public Security and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, most of them are middle-class, and even excellent, which makes me speechless. Last year's assessment was delayed due to the North-South War, but I want to say hello to Chai Gong first.
I will be embarrassed here, I will not be a good gentleman like Mr. Huifu, and I will evaluate him realistically."
Chai Ke's expression changed slightly. He didn't even bother to ask what "lying flat" meant, but he knew it wasn't a good word when he heard it. He pondered for a moment, "Ziying, I don't know what is the reason why you are so unhappy with me."
The situation in Shuntian Prefecture is so unsatisfactory, but I have seen that all the tasks assigned to you by the court from last year to now have been completed well. The relief of more than 100,000 people has been almost error-free. The Ministry of Industry is also full of praise.
, and I heard that the plan for the whereabouts of this group of refugees proposed by your Shuntian Mansion is also remarkable. You can't say that all this work was done by Feng Ziying and your team, right? Or that it was just the people in your government office.
People work hard and achieve great results, but the people in the lower states and counties are just a bunch of idlers??"
Seeing that Feng Ziying was about to say more, Chai Ke waved his hand to interrupt, "Ziying, listen to me. I know that Huifu did not do well when he served as governor in the past few years. He overindulged the officials below and developed all kinds of bad habits among these people."
Bad habits, so you want to change one or two. Both Cunzhi and I support your adjustment. But if you want to say that these 20 state and county officials are not fit for purpose, your request is too high. That is directly referring to the imperial assessment and appointment mechanism.
Ah, why, do you think Cunzhi and I, the Minister of Civil Service, are not qualified? Or are the Dukes of the Metropolitan Procuratorate blind?"
Being choked by Chai Ke's words, Feng Ziying had to admire this man's excellent eloquence, but he couldn't just give in. If he didn't straighten out the land of Shuntian Mansion, how could he become him?
basic disk?
He said angrily, "Chai Gong, maybe my requirements are indeed relatively high, but there is a reason for that. If Shuntian Prefecture, the most good place, cannot serve as a model for the entire Zhou Dynasty, then how can the word "Gyeonggi" convince the public?
?Perhaps you are used to seeing the officials of the state government living there waiting to die, but this is a time of great strife and they are working hard. If the officials trained by the imperial court are so indulged in romantic affairs and are satisfied that there are no problems within the country,
I work as a paper painter everywhere, smoothing things over, as long as nothing happens on my watch. As for the next one, if I take care of the floods, I'm afraid this situation won't last long."
Only then did Chai Ke realize that this man was not just expressing his feelings, but actually had his own profound opinions on this matter. It was just that this guy had only served as the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture for one year, and he had such insights, which was too much.
"Sentimental". Although he has been serving as the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for a short time, he has worked in the ministry and below. How could he not know the situation below?
Whether this guy is too demanding, or the situation has changed too fast in the past few years, and it's really getting worse down there, Chai Ke is a little doubtful.
The Beijing-Cha plan has been going on for a long time, and it seems that there is really nothing new. But to say that this model cannot be sustained, Chai Ke is a little unbelievable.
"Ziying, it seems that you have been depressed for a long time and have come to me to talk to you. Well, today I just happened to listen to you, a high-ranking official in the most virtuous place, talk to me about what is wrong with you.
Do you have any other ideas?" Chai Ke calmed down and relaxed his body. He wanted to listen carefully to what this guy had to say astonishingly.
Chai Ke's posture made Feng Ziying startled. After sorting out his thoughts, he slowly said, "I can't go into details about other places. After all, I haven't been there, but I have stayed in Yongping Mansion and Shuntian Mansion.
I also have a certain right to speak, and I have communicated with Brother Jun Yu several times. It should be said that during the year he was in Yongping Mansion, his feelings were similar to mine. We cannot go into an abalone restaurant without smelling the smell for a long time, at least in
The situation in Yongping Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture is not optimistic, and I also believe that the situation in the entire Beizhili and even Beiland will be similar."
The sentence "It's like eating abalone, and you won't smell the smell for a long time" stung Chai Ke. This was a huge negative for the work of the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Even though he had always been modest, he was very dissatisfied with this evaluation.
"Ziying, are you a bit alarmist?" Chai Ke's expression remained unchanged.
"Whether it's alarmist or not, Chai Gong knows in his heart that even if it's a little exaggerated, this kind of situation is probably very common here in the North." Feng Ziying said calmly, "In this way, when a monk hits the clock every day, the officials who go about their lives perfunctorily are
There are quite a few of them, you can see them everywhere.”
"Ziying, what you said is so unflattering, what are the specific things and what aspects of the performance are unsatisfactory? The imperial court is in Beijing every year to monitor the big plans, so it's not like they can't even tell right from wrong? You can say maybe one or two
There may be favoritism or negligence, but if it is like this, it may be hard to justify." Chai Ke frowned.
"To be specific, it cannot be explained in a short while. I would like to ask, the imperial court mainly inspects officials, the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so what is the standard for the assessment? Moral conduct is one of them.
, What about the others? The others are just general, or they are the few daily affairs, education, litigation, taxation, water conservancy and transportation, and the things assigned by the side. Whether these matters have been done or not, but this is for me.
I thought it was too broad, and there was no specific standard, so I answered it and figured it would be done. Then I handed it over to someone else to fool around with, which was also considered done. I put it aside and started asking questions and found random excuses, which was also done. In the end, there was no one.
In the end, it can be regarded as being done, or it can be done only half-heartedly, but it is done. As for the various objective reasons, they are all at your fingertips..."
Feng Ziying's series of comparisons gave an overview of the matters in the entire prefecture and county. More importantly, he vividly described the various methods used by the prefecture and county to deal with the superiors. Chai Ke couldn't help but frown. It seemed that Feng Ziying was also right.
I was extremely dissatisfied with this situation and spent a lot of time investigating and verifying it.
